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• , rorfe , . A1f)p ,1 t 4 44,; , • • !If• (." 4 .• • - -A K . ; - 4 0 - 0 4 , d ir e_ e • 4 7'5,.. it 111111 &. , • 7 4. - t `...... 1111' . - , apiri./1 //4 iryA 1-, c , ." DOCTOR, what do you navigo P I tev-.Vvise Jullion's Concerts, afterwards to EVANS',. th ei ' r nt Tar den, hear some charming singing . , order one or ca!,ital clio,s and ." z aaviee I cat give y ma.mificent potatoes, and that is the ou. KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY v. COGNAC This BRANDY. tltßist cele brated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the finest CR BRANDY, It i s Pure, Mild , Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. tb e ° A i n Bottles, 35. Bd., at the Retail houses in London ; by In the principal towns in England ; or wholesale THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1864. N°. 22,557. STAMPED'....Sd. 8, G RE _ AT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. ffn's the R e d Seal, Pink La b el, and Cor k b ran d e d .t uan's LL Whisky."i eluding Mr Bass's bitter crusade against barrel organs, and said he anticipated his next meeting with his hearers would be at the hustings. Other toasts of a local character followed. THE NEW NOVEL. Now ready, at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., shore of the boundless ocean. It is the retreat of all who are given to thought, and who, far from society, have a heart to calm, a soul to fortify. THE MASTER OF MARTON. Also, on Friday next, in' 3 vols., Naval and Military Intelligence. TAE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S -STREET. L adies only). (ter G 'n addition to the Pining Room on the Ground Floor and Parties, ,he Saloon Dining Rooms are open for .„_h e Th . Daily, from One o'clock. ziade WELLINGTON Three Shilling Dinner of Soup, Fish, f rot ,, Dish, y , oint Sweet, &c from 3to 9 p.m. On jundays ..., tog . 30. , ~ 13Y Order of the London and Paris Hotel Co. (limited). Th e Law e"ing-ton ,' James'sl6o, Piccadilly. le Entrance, 53, St-street. ESTABLISHED 1837. RITANNIA LIFE ASSURANCE E zn COMPANY. POWered by special Act of Parliament 4 Vitt., cap. 0. 1, Princes-street, Bank, London. a d escription of Life Assurance business transacted t E th v ery I,e lo west rates of Pre ium consi-tent with security. P an various various Tables, some of whic a are peculiar to tins Com tVer.; la ave been studiously adapted to the requirements of ss of Assurers. ANDREW FRANCIS, Secretary. SERVICES.--DuringL' l 13 oAT the storms 4 natib+, t he past year the boats of the National Lifeboat eNsts-"an say, d 417 persons from different wrecks on our the The Institution also expended £13,819 38. 2d. in grant,"'e Period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to pe rso Zg £1,351 6s. d. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked Ti,"' 3 ,b7 its lifeboats, and other means. the - C ommittee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to tontriblic for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the andkitab r lZ e ,, ,l heavy demands on tly3 Institution's 137 lifeboat e n . „' L ' l nents. Contributions are received by all the London at th - e — ntrY bankers and by the Secretar, Richard Lewis, 14, John-street, Adelphi.y RAM -CURLING FLUID, 248, Hi g h Holborn, ,Londo n .—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID curls at 'u.; Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold ls or 'sent free for 54 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine,f 20 stamps. G R EY HAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— t enu ALEX. ROSS'S charges for Dyeing the hair perms- Th e 7-- Ladies' Hair from 7s. 6d. ; Gentlemen's from ss. baost way of use Ye is sold at 3s. 6d ,or sent free for 51 stamps. It is --_____!. TI AIR IESTROYER.-248, High Holborn, pdth,.._.London.—ALEX. ROSS'S DEPILATORY removes, ieek u ",eflect to the skin, superfluous hair from the face, for s 4 an ° arms. 3s. 6d.; sent the same day_as ordered by post = at PS. BPA N T A FLY is the acting ingredient in tr o d u - i , EX. ROSS'S CANTITARIDES OIL, which Fpecdily ethniZel• s Whiskers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d.; sent free for 54 oh te - • ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. Essay ld. it it "LE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin TS B arc SKIN by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE -44e ' oRIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness 41 olb r by post for 40 st imps.—ALEX. ROSS, 243 , High ALE, X. ROSS'S FACE POWDER, ls.; sent for i 4 stamps• Ey e Cl" ur , 3' ed ., or 54 stamps. Skin tl Prod ' own uc " a transcendent complexion, 45., or Co stamps. of iolborn, ktio, Roses,3s. 6d., or 54 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS. 218, p l os , PIGS! PIGS!—INDIAN PIG MEAL, a nd inWithout husks, supplied to the Royal farms, Windsor, l t aery county in England, lOs 6d per cwt. ; one cwt. 'Du. ewt barley or any meal. Delivered free in Lon ta„, Btablished 1858.—THOMA.S PEARCE, Manager, 66, Southwark. BU SINES SE S.-Mr. ANDREW HIND'S 0' TOBER LIST, Con taining 500 Businesses, Premises, Partnerships, &c., Gratis. 0 , Letters, enclose stamp.—Particulars entered free. CORNER OF LITTLE CARTER-LANE, ST. PAUL'S. AT ° RFOLIC.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has for to rnf SALE a FREE HOLD FARM, of 113 acres, wifh very Aiso ortable residence, gardens, orchard, outbuilding •, NC. a o goon double Cottage, which, with the land, produces n annu , situate on a good turnpike road, 1 . 00 miles 4 NiThe house, wounds, and offices are in hand, A ri Possession can be had on completion of the purchase. I _ ll ada e a' B ' ) °. Further particulars and cards to view may be saal e, 4.teity t_entr.l Estate Offices, corner of Little Carter -raul s. REAL SEAL SKIN JACKETS.-Messrs. that t eo , ,ELL JAMES, and CO. res cattily intimate Vari et e 7 have now Srdy' for SALE an unu-ually large n nest 3 :Of JACKET and PALETOTS, made of the very Th e - ' 10 8 of the seal. Vertieltare in six different sizes, and in shapes the most eon - Ole, s ior either driving or the promenade. `A spe ct i o B i powell and Co. will esteem the favour of a visit of 5,7, 9, REGENT-STREET. T H. —Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The fltereXclusive riolt Gto this Patent was secured to Mr. rosven h or-street, Grosvenor-square, by her Ma ," rc s irFal al (July 17, 1860), and can only be procured at Vetio n ' e rlee, where specimens maybe seen, and every infor `o la Bt 'all be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, Dah l a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without teti e ' r r e xtractions. They support loose teeth, and protect et'eteT'n"; their resemblance to nature is perf . ect aid un ,4ttlealthey are guaranteed tor mastication and , o4Bul a t t a i t t ns T fr r e e e a . tise on the subject sent for seven stamps. c, Art OPINIONS or THE PRESS. 41 1Ifiel dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing al teeth, and so constructing them that they last their atiK u se a lifetime. . . . The process has been patented, igg"lises to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August th e wU rPr:sing novelty in the adaptation of artificial teeth terfe e rP l _, by a patented principle, which venres the most 'Ppe ar „ a lu, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable any Advertiser, August 9, 1860. 8, ‘..Ved teeth stopped, &o. Terms strictly moderate. .I.7.___k_____,,roßvenor-street, Bond-street. IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and kess,.l2nostuseful invention of the day, AGUA AMARELL tri',.• JOHN GOS NE LL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard to ht' Lund Perfumors to her Majesty, respectfully offer rest,rePublic this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually % Plat a: the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at .pea . T he Agua Amarcll a has none of the properties of he )a t l s , on the contrary, is beneficial to . the system, al ,Keep 'p hair is once restored one application per month will half b n ' t i. l ; perfect coiour. Price one guinea per bottle, or in ° r(ler - a "eB, 10 s. 61. Testimonials I rom'ar t istes of the highest be B 4... 11 (1 from individuals of undoubted respectability, may beenapplication. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have w,Ppollited Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess IP 1 Z E MEDAL —INTERNATIONAL A EXHIBITION, 1862. CIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. t Th e (Established 1720.) etif[JUrors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862, mat,„_to he excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' tar e . isti nguished Dignitary, in a letter addressed to Francis vxer and Co., on the subject of 4 X CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, ( i says : Ivid e tve found them fully equal to the recommendation. Itleild,toll gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, com h„ "-tem to the clergy for the use of the altar." ° l4 t I ti alitY• with latted Wicks, patented.. 2s. 2d. per lb. quaar quality Is. Od. per lb. Bes ETA.BLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. , c3 ity ls. sd. per lb. Thi 114 (Mali. • •• • • is. 3d. per lb. rd n „,„ •Y .• •• •• ‘`"t3 , •.: Is. ld. per lb. i— ge paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. Sout h FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Til e la, Kensington (Established 1730). --,e4t Establishment in England for the Manufacture Wax Candles for the use of the Altar 1-O"I„SCOTT'S BILIOUS AND LIVE R Da rm NEVER FAILING REMEDY Neott Without any mercurial ingredient, from the recipe of Dr. Bti4 er' °f il rnmley, Kent, will be found invaluable to all who „„'Pasta,',"ra bilious and liver ,x)mplaints, indigestion, wind, " u „sttv„;;Riddiness, dizzinets of the eyes, &a For habitual Va, as a family aperient medicine, and as a purifier il k si e ,,r° ll , they are truly excellent ; mild in their opera 0-"°te grßteful to the stomach, they create nervousaetite, pro- VOla bb,-"Th.gestion, and strengthen the whole system. f ," 11 1c1 0 1, " • Lambert, 8, King, William-street, Charing - cross.ththree and by most druggists, in boxes,ls. lid., and r tv,`" e cluantity in one, 2s. 9d. Be sure to ask for Dr. th e "'"icns and Liver Pills The genuine arc a square 8t Package, with " William . Lambert," engraved on the D. M Y CT Commissariat Office, Aldershot, Ist , 1864. ° lph cl °ck ti r in l i t lS Will be received at this Offic October e until Twelve ttis.,,"""" , 0 0 FRIDAY, the 29th October, from persons Willing to enter into Contracts to supply --.. ' 4B SE STRAW and STRAW for ROYAL a ENGINEER SERVICE, i b t ott l V, cltiantities as be rechired, for Twelve Months, II of December m l64, to 30th November, 1865, for the —ni„ -• ifaj est th e c a Forces stationed atAldershot Camp, and tql- , lns et ~„° m lnand. ed on 'ender, and Conditions of Contract, may be ob. ,--,,aPPlication at this Office, by letter addressed to the ° Iti C e ni o n i, e l l s oc siriat Officer, or in person, between the hours c %ered a'rtenthdpra moat be properly filled up, signed, and deli- I , s ide Office (under closed envelope, bedm.ark on the 13 1 , 11I t e,'s 4 % a( l e ender for Straw"), and no Tender will noticed t he on forms obtained from this Office, and de ivered HPPo:nted. It AIy—CoNTR ACT S. Commissariat!Offi e, Aldershot, tit lll,, x „ Ist October, 1 861 . utrts g 0 ,'2OO Rh 11 0, It:DNE be S DA receY, theived at 26th this of October,f uniil t Ir2oom'clpoecrk. supply of may be willing to enter into t;ONTRACTS for the la auebPLOuß (Ration and Hospital) and MEAT, t rOnal t; quantities as may be required for Six 3 onthe Ilse e Ist D ecember, 1864, to the 31st May, 1865 : for r hs •Wit ht er Ma jesty's Forces statioced at Aldershot Camp and 11 , a th e earnm d tir e ` 1 ,,,? above beinagnthr distinct contracts, separate tenders por,uired for each d e e e 3cription of Flour, and for Meat. UlO tai tie r r O l Tender and Cnditions of Contract may be ob tilor (n. aPPlication at this office, by letter addressed to the 4,1 aOrmlissariat Officer, or in person, between the hours Ttle f' I nur o'cicek. Ver ed haws mu , t be properly filled up, signed, and deli sloe „at io (underclosed envelope marked on the out wit' i , Tender for Commissariat Supplies "), and no Tender Ofn ce u e noticed unless m ide on Forms obtained from this ' and delivered by the hour appointed. 801-i"------ GENERAL 0 ESTATE, HOUSE, AND Pr,,bill,,pdsricEsS AGENCY OFFlCES.—Persons si r n eau s ir a i n ng lioi lse ' s , or Leasehold Property, or havin.cr B ku tt ‘c` be disposed ItAy . of, should apply 2G,to Mr.oe 4h o. w. , Auctioneer and Valuer, Valuavt' r C r Gerrard-street, f r d A - s i t t i r e ll e t B , • wav ' `4l , 32Pe Ueations, do, Rents ions for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail d• THE QUEEN OF THE COUNTY. By the Author of " Margaret and her Bridesmaids," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great ➢iarlborough-street. Immediately, in 3 vols.. post Bvo., BLACK AND GOLD; or, "THE DoN! THE DON !" A Tale. By Cap .W. 11. PATTEN-SAUNDERS, K.C.G., the European Champion Athlete. Published by Imperial desire. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. Now Ready, in Crown Bvo., FOOTPRINTS ON THE ROAD. By CHARLES KENT. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. NEW WORK BY MR. CHARLES' DICKENS. In Monthly Parts, unitorm with the Original Editions of "Pickwick," "David Copperfield," &c. Just published, Part VI., price Is., of OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, By CHARLES DICKENS. To be completed in Twenty Monthly Parts. With Illustrations by MARCUS STONE. Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR OF "LADY AUDLEY'S SECRET," &O. NO TI C E.-THE DOCTOR'S WIFE, reprinted from "T. mple Bar Magazine," will be ready, in 3 vols., at every Circulating Library on MONDAY, October 10. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY GUSTAVE AHIARD. This Day is published, at all Libraries, in 3 vols., THE BEE-HUNTRESS. By GUSTAVE AIMARD. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. In royal 8 vo., price 2s. 6d., with Sixteen Plates, ON THE ECONOMIJAL USE OF FUEL and the PREVENTION OF SMOKE in Domestic Fire-places. By FREDERICK EDWARDS, jun. London : Robert Ilardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. 90th Thousand, price is., DR. HARVEY ON CORPULENCE.—Its diminution and cure without injury to health, with Remarks upon the Maladies produced by obesity. CANCER and CONSUMPTION. New and painless treat. ment. Price Is. By JOHN HARVEY, M.D., 9, Brook-street, Grosvenor-square. _ _ Smith and Co., 52, Long-acre. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.-HER MAJESTY'S TH EATRE. POSITIVELY THE LAST WEEK. THE BAND OF THE DANISH GUARDS. DANISH NATIONAL VOCALISTS. The new Danish Fantasia, arranged expressly for this oc casion by M. Ju lien, entitled DAN SKE TONER. Vocalist Mdlle. Liebliart. Violin Conductor M. Jullien. Admission—ONE SHILLING. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BAL D'OPERA on WED NESDAY, October 19. S T. J AMES'S H A L L, Entrances in Regent-street and Piccadilly. Professor ANDERSON'S Grand Entertainment, the WORLD of MAGIC, And Miss ANDERSON'S extraordinary powers of SECOND SIGHT, hag mnde a success hitherto unparalleled in the annals of the Art Magique The PROGRAMME, in its present form, will be repeated every Evening* at Eight. On SATURDAYS, a FASHIONABLE JUVENILE DAY PE RFOR MA ,CE, at Three p.m. Doors open at seven and two. Stalls (Dress, Numbered, and strictly Reserved), 3s. ; Bal cony, 25.: Area and Galleries, ls. Juvenile Tickets for the stalls and balcony, 2s. each. Reserved seats may be secured at the Ticket Office, 28, Piccadilly. MR. GERMAN REED'S New OPERA di CAMERA ENTERTAINM ENT.—TO-NIGIIT, at Eight o'clock, TIIE SLEEPING QUEEN, by M. W. Balfe, Esq., the libretto by 11. Farnie, Esq., and sustained by Miss D'Este Finlay-on, Mr. Whiffin, Mr. Wilkinson, and Miss Poole. To be followed by TOO MANY COOKS, adapted from M. Offenbach by Mr. German Reed, the libretto by C. Furtado, Esq., and in which Miss D'Este Finlayson, Mr. Whiffin, end Mr. J. A. Shaw will appear. ROYAL GAL LERY of ILLUSTRATION, 14, Regent-street. Every evening (except Sat rday), at 8. Saturday morning, at 3. Unreserved seats, ls., 25,; stalls, 35.; stall chairs, 55., can now be secured at the Gallery without fee. HE 0 X F OR I), e, OXFORD STREET, W. The Oxford and Canterbury ll*ll Company (limited). LA. FAVORITE, MARTHA, THE TROVATORE, by the tollowing Artistes, viz., Misses Russell,. Fitz-Henry, Waimsley, Tyrr.ll, ..tc. With augmented Band and Chorus, conducted by Mr. F. Jonghmans. Mr. JACKFON HANES, the Champion Skater, in his per formanct-,70n• the Braving Room Skates, of Quadrilles, Varsoviennes. &c. -• UNSWORTII (or any other man), EUGENE, W. Randall, 11. Nash, Herr Hermann, and Dldlle. Cavallo. Admission—Area, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, ls. ; private boxes, 10s. 6d. CANTERBURY HALL. Triumphant Success of PRINCE PERFUME AND PRINCESS BOUQUET. Under the title of Prince Perfume and Princess Bouquet is nightly to be seen at the Canterbury Hall a Magic Spectacle far transcending in poetry of concept on, b auty and in genuity of arrangement, scenic effect, and brilliancy of light and colour any former apnlication (even at this Hall) of the principle known as the OPTICAL ILLUSION. In this last collective disp' ay of scenic art and of brilliant choreographic and statuesque grouping will be found pictures surpassing some of the greatest achievements of the Modern Extra vaganza—See "THE SHIPWRECK," THE PHANTOM COMBAT'," and " TIIE CURTAIN OF FIRE." The "Illusive Sketch," which is the centre of these corns caton s, is by Mr. W. F. Vandervell ; the overture and inci dental music by Willem Vandervell. Prince Perfume, Mrs. William Randall. The OxfOrd and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION. Established 28 years at the Bazaar, Baker-street. NEW ADDITION. A full length portrait model of 3IULLER, taken from life, is now added. Admission, ls. ; Napoleon Rooms and Chamber of Horrors, f3d. extra. Open from 11 in the morning till 10 at night. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piccadilly. Sole Proprietor, R. R. BIGNELL. During" the week, and till further notice, in addition to the Dance Music, Selections from Verdi's popular Operas, Ii Trovatore, Traviata, Rigoletto, &C. ; Meyerbeer's Etoile du Nord, lIWUCLIOtS, &C. Melodies of the Forest, Valse, Guy M a nnering, Polka, &c. Conductor—L. CURTI. Doors open at half -past B.—Admission, One Shilling. Manager—M. GRENET. TEIE TH. IMPROVED MECHANICAL DENTISr RY.—Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of AR rfficiAL T ELT H upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing, to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury , whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, convenient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. THE BENEFACTOR OF THE SKIN.- MOLLARD'S perfumed Toilet Sulphur Soap and Cream, highly patronised by the faculty, nobility, and gentry. Nothing equals the properties and qualities of the Soap No. 1 for ordinary toilet purposes, and of Nos. 2 to 5 in all cases of cutaneous affections or rheumatism. Perfumed toilet cream, cold cream, and pomatum for the hair. Barege cream for sulphur baths, without any disagreeable odour. All these preparations may be had at the central depot, 221 A, itegent-street, London, W. ; and at Messrs. Newbery and Sons, Barclay and Sons. Edwards, Keating, Saner and Son, Jozeaunetti, and all chemists. Pamphlets and testi monials tree on a plication. Agent for Edinburgh—Mr. John M`Kay, chemist, 119, George-street. MICROSCOPE and TELESCOPE combined, just introduced, both of wonderful power, in Case, 255. PO,KET TELESCOPES, define 5 miles, 10s. 6d.; 10 Miles, 215.; Ditto, and for Astronomy, 405. MICROSCOPES in Cabinets, 3 Powers, 10s. 6d., magnifies 15,000 times; Ditto, magnifying 3C,00t , , 215., with Animalcule Cage, Life Box, &c. Lai*, e Compound Achromatic Ditto, power 65,000, 84s. The most powerful Race Glasses, made with sling cases, at 40s. MAGIC LAN TERNS and DISSOLVING VlEWS.—Magic Lanterns and 36 Pictures, 7s. 6d. ; Lar.er Size, 10s. 6d. Dissolving Apparatus complete, 70s. Descriptive Catalogues for two stamps. Post Orders pay able Upper Baker-street. BERNARD DAVIS, 410, EUSTON-ROAD, LONDON. Optician to the Institutions. c.. I P ECT A C LE S.—Lenses ground on a new ►►. J principle, requiring less than half the usual magnifyin. , , power, and with which the smallest print mAy be read to ex treme old age. (From the "Medical Circular," Nov. 16, , 1859.) "We have seen Mr. Davis's improved spectacles, and by their aid the most defective vision may be improved." Steel Frames and Pebbles, lOs. 6d. and 7s. Gd. Glasses, ss. Gd., 4s. 6d„ 35. , 1. -4 , Country residents suited by stating . age. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, King's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron —His Royal II ighness the Prince of WA LE S,K.G President—ll is Grace the Duke of BUCCL EUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The numerous and urgent appeals of the sick poor for ad mission compel the Committee to entreat the bounty of the affluent and humane, as the medical officers are daily obliged tl treat as out-patients many distressing cases which, with more adequate funds, they would gladly admit into the wards. The premises of the Hospital are capable of containing 500 beds. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Dias terman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co.' Drummond and Co. ; Berries and Co. ; Ransom and Co.' P r escott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co . ; B arclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; W Maw, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co.' Nisbet and Co., Berners - street ; Masterman and Co. ; L Earned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD S. SMITH §ooretttry. ThURNII'URE, RE, CARPETS, BEDDING, and FLOORCLOTH, CARRIAGE-FREE to any house in the kingdom, regardless of amount or distance. First•class goods at second-class prices. Terms peculiarly liberal to Clergymen and Gentlemen. An immense stock to select from, displayed in Showrcoms occupying an acre of ground. Every article warranted. C.I..EIIGYMEN and GENTLEMEN ABOUT TO FUR NISH are respectfully informed that Messrs. Cobbett and Co. are publishing an entirely New Edition of their un equalled HOUSE F URNISHING GUIDE, illustrated by4lo Alm ^able engravings of every description of Furniture and seasteads, with prices attached. A copy sent palls and post-free on application. This costly work also contains complete estimates for furnishing on the following revised scale : _ _ A Six-roomed Parsonage £74 3 0 An Eight-roomed ditto A Ten-roomed ditto ........ A Twelve-roomed ditto together with a rice List of purified Bedding, and a mass of valuable inforrnationto all requiring househ)ld furniture, , arpets, or bedding. References kindly permitted to Clergy men and gentlemen in or near Great Malvern, Southampton, Chichester, Bury, Ely, Preston, Grimsby, Ryde, Plymouth, Wells, Oxford, Brighton, Gainsborough, Margate. Kidder minster, Wellington, Croydon, Cambridge, Staines, Dorking, St. Alban's, Worcester, Ipswich, Peterborough, St. David's, Wrexham, and above 500 other places in all parts of Great _ COBBETT and CO., General House Furnishers, Deptford bridge, London. S.E. To Paris Via Dieppe, (From the Railway News.) The three chief routes between England and France, as everybody knows, are by Dover and Calais, by Folkestone, and Boulogne, and by Newhaven and Dieppe. Look at the map, and you will see that the line from London to Paris by Newhaven and Dieppe is much more direct and shorter, in actual mileage, than either of the other two lines. If it were all dry land, it would be by far the best mode of communi cation, and the others would have little more chance of competing with it than a line which led from London to 13rimingham by way of Ipswich would have with one which ran straight between the two cities. It is the interposition of that unsociable element, the sea, which makes all the dif ference. The deep valley which the waves, aided by terres trial convulsions, have worn between the chalk cliffs of France and England, which probably began to yawn since man appeared upon the earth, is at the narrowest where Dover and Folkestone look across at Calais and Boulogne, and widens to twice the distance between Newhaven and Dieppe. Here we have a striking illustration of the supe riority of land over water transit in respect of speed, for the comparatively slight difference in mileage (as it would be deemed on shore) between the Newhaven and the other two ferries more than neutralises the advantage which the for mer route derives from its very much shorter mileage on land. For all that, however, there is not any very great difference between them in point of time for ordinary tra vellers. Those who go direct from London to Paris, on busi ness of urgency, or who have a horror of the sea, will, of course, choose either Dover or Folkestone lines. Those who want to see something more of France than its metro polis, and who do not grudge a little delay on the journey for that object, will not hesitate to take the Newhaven route. The sea passage ought not to be a deterrent. It occupies only some five hours and a half or six hours—indeed, the new boat, the Marseilles, accomplished it the other day in four and a half—and the Channel is often much more angry and tempestuous between its narrower straits. An atom in the vast tide of metropolitan humanity which flows every morningbetween 8 and 10 from the suburbs to the City to ebb again at dusk, we one day find ourselves drifted into the side eddy of the London• bridge terminus, and presently are being whirled away southwards. All the trim little villas of New Cross and Forest Hill seem to be racing up to town as we rush past; the Sydenham Palace makes us wink as, like a great chrysolite, it flashes to the sun in a sudden blaze and then is lost to sight, A pause of a few seconds at Croydon, and then we are dashing through a fine country, clothed a few weeks ago with wreaths of hops and breadths of yellow grain, but still richly green with foliage, though the hop-poles are ranged in tented order and the wheat is only ragged stubble in the fields. Reigate shows its red face an instant and is gone. We catch a glimpse of Lewes, looking very blue with many slates— slates on its roofs and its gables—slates everywhere. A jerk round a sharp curve and here we are at Newhaven wharf— a quiet little port in a cleft of the long chalk cliffs. The Alexandra, snorting spasmodically and emitting impatient gushes of steam, as if eager to be off, is lying at the quay to receive her passengers, who have now an opportunity of inspecting each other. 'I here is the usual matley crew—the old travellers, who profit by experience to rush down stairs and make a comfortable lunch with a little brandy and seltzer to wash it down, and then select snug places upon deck; the timid ones, who immediately begin to swallow mysterious chemicals, administered in so many drops in a tumblerful of water, concerning which, when we inquire of the steward as to what it is, we elicit, after evasive replies, an indignant exclamation, "Bless you, that 'ere nasty stuff won't do 'em any good—there's nothing like a glass of prime stout or a stiff go of grog if you feel queer, I can tell you;" the reckless ones, who quaff ale and begin to smoke large cigars defiant of old Neptune, who, however, does not long delay a cruel revenge; the inquisitive ones, who want to know how the wind is, the length of the keel, the number of the crew, the name of the stoker, the age of the steward's wife, and so on; the" swells," who have " made up" for the voyage, some nautically, in rough pea jackets and mo dified sou-westers, some en granele tome, light kid gloves, patent leather boots, and opera glass in glossy case slung round their shoulder, and one, Heaven save the mail( I in shooting boots and knickerbockers (not that his legs are much to look at, after all.) There are the foreigners, too, looking already quite green, as if reflecting the complexion of the hateful element, and clothed, some of them, in strange modifications of English costume intended to astonish their families in France, as this one here, in a huge cabman's great coat of a fiae cream colour, adorned with large oyster shell buttons and elaborate plaits and seams, crossing and recrossing each other fantastically; and this other, in a full suit of corduroys, supposed to represent the ordinary habi liment of the first aristocracy in the world. Meanwhile the luggage is being swung down the hold, and some interest is manifested in the stout, square, little iron bound boxes which are being carefully counted one by one, and piled up in a safe corner by themselves. These are full of bullion. A large rill of that drain of specie, of which we hear so much talk about nowadays, finds it way through Newhaven to the Continent. One of our kid glove friends is trying hard to pass himself off as somehow connected with this costly freight; but the real officer in charge is that quiet, keen eyed gentleman who is standing apart enjoying the joke. At length everybody and everything are on board, the moorings unfastened, and with a shrill whistle the Alexandra glides out of the narrow harbour. Of the voyage little need be said. The sea is tolerably quiet, and except the foreigners and one or two Britons who have made up their mind that they ought to be ill, and must be ill, the company rather enjoy the fresh sea breeze, which already begins to redden wan cheeks, blanched by the care and confinement of the towns, into something like the hue of health. There are one on two married couples on board, some of them newly married, and hare we are tempted to make a remark. In our guide book we find it stated, among other singular cus toms of Normandy, that when a marriage occurs there is sometimes a fight between the bride and her groom at the altar, for in putting on the ring if the man can push it be low the second joint he will be master of his wife and house, whereas, if he fails, the sway will be with the woman. We suspect a sea voyage is better calculated to decide the ques tion. No matter how low the husband may have thrust the ring, if he suffers from the mal de mer and his wife does not, you may be sure his superiority is gone for ever. Young men about to marry, listen to the voice of wisdom and the counsel of experience—Don't let your wedding trip be across the waters, unless you are perfectly sure of "sea legs," or that the angel of your soul will be as bad as yourself Chatting, dozing, sipping brandy and water, promenading, and killing time in various ways, the five hours and odd slip past, and we have reached the white cliffs of Dieppe, which are just the image of those we left on the other side. No matter how often one crosses the Channel, it is always a curious sensation for an Englishman to find himself under the control of a soldier-police. We pass up to the custom house between two files of armed men; there are more of them at the railway station, and we are shut up in a sallc d'aftente, in order that the " authority" may have another opportunity of asserting itself. However, iet us be thankful for the privilege of entering France with the simple decla ration, " Je suis Anglais," and without being asked for a passport. Dieppe is not a very attractive town. It is moderately picturesque in parts, and not immoderately dirty except in the Pollet, where a race of wild fishermen dwell, who speak a patois of their own, and whom you have no occasion to visit unless you choose to study manners in a primitive and savage form. There is a large and handsome Etablissement de Baths on the beach, where there are balls, concerts, and pleasant social gatherings, and the environs in the direction of Argues are rather pretty. Still, life in Dieppe is flit and dull. It is a good place to go to, but not to stop in. It is good to go there, because it is a convenient starting-point for several charming spots. A cheap and easy coach ride along the coast leads, for instance, to St. Valery-en-Caux, where there is good sea bathing, and quiet quarters in a quaint little town at the bottom of a chasm between two steep heights. Further southwards, also on the coach road, is Filcamp, where those who like gaiety and fashion by the seashore will have their desire gratified to the full, It is a curious little town, built of white and black flints, in a narrow ravine, with a remarkable old church in its midst, and the ruins of an abbey in its neighbourhood. Etretat is nearer Havre, and is a watering place of a different charac ter. An enthusiastic licentiate in law, who has NT ritten a little book about Normandy, breaks into sentimental rap. tures about this little marine village, where handsome villas stand shoulder to shoulder with the rude cabins of the in digenous fishermen. It attracts, we are told, by something savage and unexpected, the man who delights to study in the great book of nature, or to dream ill solitude oil the -0- The autumnal half -yearly inspection of troops stationed at Aldershott were begun on Monday, and continued throughout the week. On the Ist day the regiments in spected were the Ist (Royal) Dragoons, the Ist Battalion 14th Regiment, the 31st Regiment, the 75th, and the 85th. The Royal Dragoons were inspected by Major-Glen. Hodge, C.B„ commanding the cavalry brigade at Aldershott. The gall ,nt brigadier was on the ground by o'clock in the morning, and began by viewing the officers' chargers. He then visited the adult and infant schools, and subsEquently examined the clothing in the stores, the regimental and troop books in the orderly room, the troop stables, and the whole of the men's quarters. All these were is a very satis factory condition. In the afternoon the regiment was drawn up on parade, and was put through a variety of evolutions incidental to such an occasion, by Major Jas. Ainslie. The Major-General expressed himself much pleased with the soldierly bearing of the men, and the general app earance of both men and horses. The Ist Battalion 14th Buck inghamshire) Regiment was paraded at 10 o'clock, and the companies were inspected in succession by Major-General Bates, commanding the 2d Infantry Brigade. In the afternoon the battalion marched to the Long Valley, where it was put through some rapid movements by Colonel Budd, and through the bayonet exercise by Captain Hawley. The 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment and the 85th (Bucks Volunteers), which have but recently arrived at Aldershott, were inspected by Lieutenant-General Sir J. L. Pennefather, and by Major-General Brook Taylor, commanding the Ist Brigade. The regiments were in spected, and went through a series of field movements in a very dashing manner. Lieutenaert-Celonel R. J. Eager, commanding the 31st, and Lieutenant-Colonel Gray, commanding the 85th, were highly complimented by Sir John Pennefather and the Brigadier. Tho 75th (Stirling shire) Regiment was inspected by Major-General Rus sell, and acquitted itself to his entire satisfaction. It was put through the manual and platoon exercises by Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon, and through the bayonet exercise by Major Maunsell. On We ,nesday the regi ments inspected were the 14th Hussars, the 2d battalion 60th Rifles, and the 83d Regiment. The Hussars were in spected by Major-Gen. Hodge, who pursued the same minute line of examination as in the case of the Royals on Monday, and with a like satisfactory result. The regiment was ur der the command of Lieut.-Col. Sir W. Russell, C.B. The 2d battalion 60th Rifles, under the command of Col. Palmer, C. 8., was inspected by Major-Gen. Bates on Wed nesday and Thursday , and performed a series of very inte resting manoeuvres in a highly creditable manner. The 83d Regiment. under Lieut.-Col. Hankey, was inspected by Major-Gen. Russell, and proved itself to be in a high state of efficiency. It was put through the manual and platoon exercise in admirable style by Major Venables, through the bayonet exercise by Major Bates, and through battalion and other movements by Capts. Wakefield, Huyshe, and Kars lake. The 39th Regiment was inspected on Friday by Major-Gen. Russell. The regiment was under the com mand of Lieut.-Col. Munro, C. 8., and it performed a num ber of minute and important evolutions in first-rate style and to the entire satisfaction of the brigadier inspecting. The inspections will be continued during the present week. The 23d company of the Royal Engineers is under orders to proceed from Aldershot on the 17th inst. to Chatham, and will be replaced by the Ist company from Devonport. On Saturday the undermentioned parties left Aldershot Camp for the School of Musketry at Hythe :—Lieut. and Adj. Lee and one private, Ist Royal Dragoons—Lieut. and Adj. Grieve, V.C., and one private, 2d Dragoons—Lieut. and Adjt. Raper and one private, 39th Regiment—Lieut. Hosier and one private, 2d Dragoons—Lieut. Bradford and one private, 39th Regiment. A fatal accident occurred at Aldershot during the field day operations in the presence of the Duke of Cambridge last week. A man named George Jackson, a private be longing to the Royal Dragoons, was thrown from his horse, and sustained such severe injures that he expired a few days afterwards, and was buried on Friday with the usual military honours. The Rev)l. Huleat,who during the past three years has occupied the office of principal chaplain to the forces at Aldershot, has been transferred to Hounslow, to eueceed the Rev. Mr Hodges, appointed to the principal chaplaincy at Aldershot. Major-Gen. Lord W. Paulet, C. 8., commanding the south-western military district, on Saturday inspected the 69th Regiment, under the command of Col. E Mazkirdy, on Haslar-common. After the usual manoeuvres of a firing field-day, which were performed with celerity and predsiou his lordship proceeded to the new barracks occupied by the regiment at Gosport, with the regiment on its return to quarters from Hasler, and inspected the hospital, schools, the regimental and company books, the men's dinners, &e., with all of which ho was well satisfied. At the close he ex pressed to Col. Mackirdy and his officers the pleasure he would have in being enabled to make a highly favourable report of the condition of the regiment to the Field Marshal Commanding in Chief. The iron-cased screw steamship Prince Consort, 35,Capt. G. O. Willis, C. 8., and the iron chip Hector, 24, Capt. G. W. Preedy, C.B , which arrived in Plymouth Sound from the eastward on Saturday morning, commenced receiving coal immediately, and in the afternoon left the Sound by the eastern ehannel. Towards dusk the Channel squadron hove in sight to the eastward. Yesterday morning at day light they were observed again under canvas only, cr'iizing. Between 9 and 10 o'clock they were seven miles from the breakwater, in two divisions, close hauled, beating up Channel. Wind S.E. ; fresh breeze, puffy. Besides the Prince Consort and Hector, there were the Edgar, 17, Capt. G. T. P. Hornby, flag of Rear Admiral Dacres, C.B.—the iron ship Black Prince, 41, Capt. Lord F. Kerr—the iron ship Warrior, 40, Capt. the Hen. A. Cochrane—the iron o s hip Defence, 16, Capt. A. Philli more — ar d t wo o th ers , one which is supposed to be th e i ron case d screw s t eams hip Research, 4, Capt. A. Wilinshurst. The Vesuvius, 6, paddle sloop, Capt. R. V. Hamilton, arrived at Spithead yesterday morning, from Halifax, Nova Scotia, from which port she sailed on the 16th September, calling in at Scilly for fuel. The Vesm ius has brought home a Dumber of naval and military supernumeraries and West Indies and British North A me rica. The powder and invalids from her Majest shell were taken out of the vessel yesterday at Spithead , and rs ships and troops serving in the she afterwards steamed into Portsmouth harbour. The Himalaya, screw troopship, Capt, E. Lacy, has a number of boilermakers and other artisans employed upon her at Portsmouth, making good her defects sufficiently to enable her to complete another 12 months' service. Her Majesty's troopship Urgent, Capt. Henderson, from Quebec and St. John's, Newfoundland, all well, bound to Portsmouth, put into Falmouth on Saturday afternoon. There was a strong east wind, and she was short of fuel. She has:on board the 2d battalion of Scots Fusilier Guards, under command of Col. Stephenson, 650 officers and men, with 120 women and children. Her Majesty's gunboat Blazer, from Galway to Queens town, J. F. Prowse, R.N., lieutenant commanding, put in at Crookhaven, Cork, on Thursday last. Her Majesty's screw corvette Cadmus, 21, 1,466 tons, 400 horse power, left Chatham-harbour at an early hour on Sa turday morning with the intention of making her official trial of speed at the measured mile, near Maplin Sands, in order to enable the Admiralty officials to ascertain her steaming qualities since the numerous alterations and improvements recently effected on board. For some days previous to the in order that the department were night, in official trial the trial the corvette's decks were crowded with dockyard me chanics engaged in getting the vessel out of hand, and a numerous body of artisans and . labou.ereerrs in it s pitch, and accordingly several hours b tfcho o ale a ldo r omw d i iluiuenspi following to sm might c l oo 1 r o'clockconnected morning. eeda the jwyai tt teho p r otp e hnr v eo i eoeunesgdni Fridaynoi dockyard that the screw —a new .Griffiths propeller, which has been substituted for the old Admiralty bladed screw— requiredwere occupied in clearing the . well, lifting the screw, and altering altering the blades from a . pitch of 241 t. to one of 20ft. The officials on board to superintend the trial on Saturday were Capt. W. K. Hall, C. 8., commanding the St eam Re serve ; Mr Baker, inspector of maehinery afl oa t an d c hi e f engineer afloat; Mr Hutchins, assist-master shipwright; Mr Blakey, Queen's pilot, and several others. The draught of water on the Cadmus leaving the h ar b our was 15ft. Gin. forward and 17ft, aft, which scarcely gave suffi cient immersion for the screw. The wind at the time was blowing strong from the eastward, with a force of five. Soon after the Cadmus had left her m oor i ngs at F o ll y Point a defect was discovered in the w or ki ng o f h er screw, and it became evident that th e propeller blades were set at too great a pitch. Under these circum stances Captain n a il decided on n o t p l ac i ng t h e steamer on the measured mile, and a run was only taken to the Nore and back, the working of the s crew b e i ng st il l un satisfactory. The, o fficial trial of speed was accordingly deferred, and in the afternoon the Cadmus brought up along side the Benbow, 72, where the workmen immediately com menced making some further alterations in her screw. In this they were employed the remainder of the day, the trial at the measured mile being postponed. Opportunity will now be taken to give the corvette a better trim, for which purpose 200 tons of coal will be placed on board. It is stated at Chatham that the Cadmus will be commissioned in few days by Capt. J. F. Ross, the same officer who paid that vessel off when put out of commission at Chatham. The first supply of the new description of bolts for secu ring the armour-plates to iron-cased ships, the invention of Major W. Palliser, late of the 18th Hussars, which, on the recommendation of the Ordnance Select Committee, has been adopted by the Admiralty, has been completed at Chatham Dockyard, and in future will be used in securing the iron plates to the several targets to be tested at Shoe buryness. The principal feature in the invention is the plan adopted for entirely preventing the nuts of the screws being broken off by the violence of the blows aimed at the target and against the head of the bolts—an accident which the numerous recent trials have proved to be of constant occur rence whenever there is what is termed an impulsive strain upon the bolts. The defect has been especially felt during late experiments at Shoeburyness, where iron plates at tached to the targets by the existing description of screw bolts, have been exposed to fire of heavy ordnance. The reason of such accidents is obviously the diminution of the strength of the bolts caused by the thread of the screws being cut into their substance. In the armour bolts just completed at Chatham Dockyard Major Palliser has cool ple teiy remedied this fatal defect by so constructing his bolts that their screw threads at the end ire, as it were in relief, or, in other words, so much thicker than the bolts themselves. The stem or shank of ,the bolt is purposely made slightly smaller in diameter than the bottom of the thread of the screw, the effect of which is that the exten sion due to the strain will occur throughout the reduced part of the bolt, and not on the thread of the screw, which latter, it is suggested, may, if required, be constructed of steel and welded to the shank. Numerous experiments have demonstrated that in iron and other metallic bars sub jected to sudden tensile strains, the extension occurs wholly at the weakest points in the bar. In the late official trial of Major Palliser's invention made at Shoeburyness before the Ordnance Select Committee, four different methods of fastening armour-plates were tested—namely, 1, that by rivets ; 2, by means of Warrior bolts; 3, by improved Warrior bolts ; and, 4, by Major Palliser's method as de scribed above. The result of the experiments, as recorded in the official report of the competitive trial, was an easy triumph for Major Palliser's method. All the bolts on the occasion referred to held firm, and none snapped their screw-heads, notwithstanding the heavy pounding to which the plates they fastened were subjected, while the other three plans for bolting on the armour-plates failed sooner or later. The new bolts just completed at Chatham Dockyard will be employed in securing the iron plates attached to the new target in course of construction at Shoeburyness, alongside other iron plates attached by dif ferent methods. Lord Bateman and Mr. Gawthorne Hardy, M. P. , at L eominster, The twenty-seventh annual meeting of the Leo minster Agricultural Society was held at Leominster on Friday. The show of stock was small, attributed to the scarcity of sheep, but, except of horses, were of a very inferior quality. In the evening there was the usual dinner, at which the president, Mr. Chadwick, took the chair, and there was also pre sent Lord Bateman, the Hon. Cecil Hanbury Len nox, M.P., Mr. Gawthorne Hardy, M.P., and Mr. King King, M.P. Alter the usual toasts, Lord BATEMAN being called upon to respond to that of " The Lord Lieutenant of Herefordshire," said the office of their representatives in the House of Commons at these agricultural meetings was to give an account of their stewardship for the past year, which, no doubt, these present would do. For his part he would say that he thought tbey had reason to congratulate themselves that the sagacity of a Prime Minister, 80 years old, had certainly saved them from a great curse—namely, a war with foreign countries, (Cheers.) He said that not from any personal regard for Lora Palmerston, for he and those around him had joined in a vote of censure on the Government in reference to the treatment of Denmark and the way in which the negotiations in reference to that country had been conducted ; but it was impossible for any one to look at the state of Europe, to look at the arrogance of some foreign countries, and to the attitude maintained by France, by Austria, and by Italy, without congratulating themselves on the fact that they had not been involved in war, In offering this as a matter of congratulation, he did not mean to say that the country approved of the spoliation of Denmark. They remembered the re ception that had been given to the Princess of Wales when she came to this country, and there could be no doubt that the woe, the misery, and the disaster which befel her fatherland came home to the hearts of all in this country. (Hear.) The health of " The County Members' saving been given from the chair, Mr KING KING said he should take advantage of the rule of the society which excluded party politics, but he might say that in the absence of party politics, with peace abroad and prosperity at home, they were happily left to work out these problems of social and mural improvement which they all more or less had at heart. In reply to the toast of "The Borough Members," Mr GAWTIIORNE HARDY said the time was not far distant whem members of Parliament would be called upon to give on the hustings that account of their stewardship to which Lord Bateman had al luded, and when that time came he should be ready to make his report, In the leading journal, the other day, they were told that no members of Par liament had a right to appear before their constitu• ents without giving thein full instructions on the things of the day; but, nevertheless, they found the pages of that same paper filled with reviews of books, with letters on the rearing of bees, and on sewing machines. (Loud laughter.) With regard to agricultural prospects, they were now subjected to unrestricted competition, and it behoved them by means of improved agriculture to get out of the land more than they had hitherto done. Agriculture had made great strides in the last few years, looking to the implements, the build ings, and the skill which farmers exercised in what he might call the manipulation of manners. • He re commended farmers to carefully study the blue book recently issued by Parliament on the subject of the sewage of towns. Passing to another subject, he observed that Parliament had taken in hand the subs jest of the education of the poor, and also of the rich, and it was now proposed to have an inquiry as to the education of the middle classes. When so much was being done for the poor, it behoved them to see that their workmen were not better educated than their own sons. (Hear, hear.) It had been said that their workpeople received an education calculated to unfit them for their position. If that were so, it was the fault of the mode of education, and not of the education itself. It was for the land- lords to provide proper cottage accommodation for the labourers on their estates. lithe landlord did his duty in this respect, he effected as much good fur the farmer and tenant as if he provided good stabling for their horses and good pigstyes for their pigs. Far be it from him to speak of the poor as on a par with the beasts of the field, but he must say that in some places he had seen the poor living in habitations less suited for them than those provided for the lower animals. In conclusion, the hon. mem ber spoke of Post-office savings banks and the Go vernment Annuities Bill as offering great advan. tages to the working population of this country. The Hon. CECIL HANBURY LENNOX also re sponded to the toast. The Miles had been pleased to give to the speeches at the agricultural meetings the title of " extra-Parliamentary utter ances." He (the speaker) looked upon it that the orators at these meetings, from the Premier himself downwards, were in the habit of thrashing out the straw which had already been well bela boured, until the residue was the very dustiest chaff. (Laughter.) They had already had two opt• rations of this kind performed by their members that evening, and it only remained for him to sweep the floor and see if there were any corn at all left for him. (Hear, Lear.) With regard to the late session of Parliament, they might be thankful for three mercies in reference to it—peace, Palmerston, and prosperity. He would not touch on the affairs connected with Brezil, with Denmark, with Ash, antee, or with Amerida, but he would merely, in re ference to the national humiliation that had been submitted to, observe that they had certainly got out of the mess, but it had been said abroad, with regard to the manner in which they had escaped, that the England of to-day was not the England of former days. There could be no doubt that the spirit which had characterised our negotiations with foreign countries of late had caused a blush on many an English countenance. The speaker then referred to one or two measures of last session, in- The Bayonne Exhibition, (prom the Times Correspondent.) BAYONNE, Oct. 5. International Exhibitions, as was once said of the " immortal principles of '89," are likely to make the tour of the world. This year there has been a Franco- Spanish one in Bayonne, which has only just closed; and San Sebastian, if of its time-honoured fortifica tions the last stone is removed, purposes to return the compliment. It is not likely, however, that Bayonne will soon imitate the Spanish town in the demolition of its ramparts and redoubts. It still maintains its old device, numquanz polluta, and, like Peronne, is proud of its supposed immunity from the trials to which other strong places have been exposed. If certain local chronicles are entitled to belief, Bayonne stands on the site of the Lapurdum of antiquity; and it would seem that Lapurdum had no such creditable mottoes to show, for we are told that in the Basque language Lapurduna means no. thing more or less than the " city of thieves," a cha racter which the modern town certainly deserves as little as any other agglomeration of 26,000 souls. Bayonne—baiu-ona, the Basque for goodbay— was, as everybody knows, for 300 years or so in posses sien of the English. Its annal speaks of its having been besieged, and besieged unsuccessfully, though considerably maltreated, 13 or 14 times. It was here that Catherine of Medicis and Charles IX. concocted with the Duke of Alba the St. Bartholomew massa cre; and the Bayonese record with just pride the answer which Adriane d'Apremont, Count of Orthes, then governor of their town, made to the request for his co-operation towards that bloody work : Sire,—l have laid your Majesty's commands before the loyal inhabitants and the men-at-arms of this garrison. I have found only honourable citizens and valiant soldiers, but not a single assassin. Wherefore, they and I, Sire, most humbly supplicate your Majesty to be pleased to em ploy our arms and our lives in deeds that are possible, how dangerous soever they be ; and in executing them we shall shed the last drop of our blood. It is a pity to distarb the faith in such traditions, but sceptics, who take pleasure in throwing doubt upon everything, deny that there is warrant for the boast, but that, like other well-known and neatly turned sayings, such as that of Henri IV. and the poule au pot, Louis XIV. and the suppression of the Pyrenees, Mirabeau's to the summons of the Marquis de Dreux Brers in the States General, and even Cambronne's "sublime" reply to the English at Waterloo, it is more flattering than true. It is cer tain, however, that the Grand Monarque took Bayonne on his way to St. Jean de Luz, where he went to get married to Marie Teresa of Spain ; and the ruins of the Chateau of Marrac hard by mark the spot where the Royal family of Spain, the wittol Charles IV., his worthless Queen, and the " black-eyed youth Godoy" fell into the hands of a still greater monarch. Of all fortified places that I have any experience of Bayonne is decidedly the least stern to look at. Its drawbridges are passed at all hours of the day and night, in summer and winter, autumn and spring; and its gates are ever open. The moat that surrounds the walls is chiefly frequented by vagrants of eight or ten years old, who spend hours in the fruitless attempt to fish in its muddy and shallow water with cart whips for rods and crooked pins for hooks; and the inoffensive conscript who mounts guard hard by look more than half disposed to join them. Redoubts, half-moons, curtains, &c., all terrible on paper, here seem made only for re posing upon, and the soft verdure which covers the slopes of the earthworks suggests a siesta. It is actually on the glacis of this pacific-looking for tress that the International Exhibition was erected. It is a temporary structure of wood and canvas, lighted from the top with a lofty portico of the same fragile material, decorated with the arms of France, Paris, Madrid, and the Spanish provinces represented by their products. The said portico was somewhat shorn of its proportions a fortnight ago, having been blown down one night,and its restora tion was only partial. In one respect it resembled other Exhibitions of far greater pretensions. It was announced to open on the 10th of July, but was not complete for some time after the official inaugura tion. A number of huts soon sprung up round the main building, like the camp followers that are found hanging on the flanks and rear of an army ; and the merry-go-rounds, shooting galleries, portable billiard tables, inoffensive animals described as ferocious, and good-naturedly accepted as fresh horn the jungle; rope-dancers in pink muslin, mid. dle-aged, and a trifle too ponderous for the profes sion ; warriors bearded like the pard, enacting the battle of Soiferino and the capture of Palikao ; the indispensable vivandiere planting the tricolour on a Chinese fortress, and the Sister of Charity tending a wounded Zouave—all these attractions caught too successfully, I fear, the attention of the young and thoughtless, and were not without effect in divert ing even staid persons from the more serious object before them. Financial considerations might, it is true, have been the cause of the rare attendance for the first few weeks. The admission was 2f. on Friday, half a franc on Thursday, and lf. on other days. Two francs even in Paris would make people hesitate; and how much more so in a provincial town P The tariff, however, was reduced to 50c. or half a franc, with the exception of one day in the week when a franc was charged. The Bayonne Exhibition, though not to be spoken of the same day as that of Paris, and some what mean and tawdry in its external appearance, was not without interest. In the large courtyard, by which the public entered, stood a crucifix of colossal size in blue granite, and which was allowed by competent judges to display considerable merit, particularly when it was known that it was the production of a quarryman named Henrot. Some well-known Paris houses, perhaps in the expects. tion of the visit of the Court to Bayonne, as usual, sent some fine, I will not say their best, specimens. Among the goldsmiths' work Froment-Menrice ex• hibited portions of a dinner service made for the Pasha of Egypt, and valued at 600,000 f. ; a ciboire, or Communion cup, from the design, it is said, of a Polish lady, presented by her to the Church of Pan; a rich and exquisitely sculptured chalice ; a second one, encrusted with rubies and turquoise; and a tea service for the Empress of the French. Christofie, of Paris, also sent specimens of silver-gilt articles of the same kind; Clessinger and Fremiet their bronzes, and in ironwork groups of statues for folio. tains, dogs and horses' heads as ornaments for ken nels and stables. One gallery was devoted to the Aubusson tapestry of Requillart and Cloquart and porcelain of Bordeaux manufacture. Tissues of various kinds, house furniture, musical instruments of every variety, metals, ores, agricultural products, ploughs of many forms, machinery, cotton from Algeria, minerals, grain, specimens of hard wood from Africa of dark colour and capable of high polish, cedars of Lebanon 400 years old, specimens of Paris pottery, imitations of Italian majolica, &c., filled several galleries. Though the Exhibition professed to be Franco-Spanish, yet Spain did not contribute much in the way of natural products, reserving herself perhaps for the San Sebastian one promised for next year. Still there were in the agricultural section a few samples of Malaga and Logrono wines, which it was a pity one could only look at, and the wheat, rye, and maize of Cordova seemed to be of the very finest quality. In an annexe, which was opened only three weeks ago, was the flower and fruit show. Of both there were some fine specimens, and nothing could be finer than the grapes and p e ars from the gardens of the Casa Caradoc, a property close to Bayonne, be. longing to Lord Howden ; those of Biandos, the pro perty of M. Basterriche, Receiver-General of the department; and those supplied from the gardens of M. Le Beuf, of Bayonne. Neither has Spain been very brilliant in the fine arts department. If one may form an estimate of modern talent from the specimens sent to this half- Spanish exhibition, the countrymen of Velasquez, Morales, Ribeira, and Murillo have sadly degene■ rated. There was a fall length portrait of Queen Isabella, coarse, heavy, and commonplace, by M: Louis Madrayo. Side by side with Royalty is a portrait which many who never saw the King Con sort believed to be his Majesty's, but which is said to be that of the painter himself. A dance in the court-yard of a posada by M. Fieros was excellent in its way, and his picture of the noble cathedral of Burgos and a chapel of that of Toledo have much of the poetry of the sacred edifices of Spain. In this department, too, Paris contributes something —two portraits by Ricard, sketches of scenery in France and the East, by MM. Courbcr, Core), and Brest, and, as a specimen of historical painting, Corneille reading one of his tragedies in the Hotel Rambouillet. Bayonne boasts of two painters— MM. Za and Bonuat. A Neapolitan beggar-boy, by the latter, is remarkably well done, and attracted much attention. "Mezzo bajocco, E:zelenza," are on his lips, eye, and extended hand, and your fist movement was to put your ham - , in your pocket and give him a few sous. Bordeaux and Lyons sent some gocd landscapes, and among other objects of art were sketches in water-colours by the late Eugene de la Croix, photographs, &c. Not much was done, I fear, in the way of busi• ness by the exhibitors. I suspect that the one who attracted most customers was a little French boy, who kept a stall for the sale of knife sharpeners at from 2f. to sf. a piece, and who was scarcely 11 years old. One could not pass his stall without stopping to have a chat with him, as he stood behind his counter dressed in a blue military tunic with tiny gold epaulettes, a cap called a " bonnet pelisse," and a little s mord hanging up peacefully i❑ its little steel scabbard behind him. There was nothing of pertness or forwardness in his manner. He was polite to everybody; answered readily all the questions put to him ; dwelt on the excellence of his wares, testing them by experiments which seemed to be conclusive. He spoke French so as to be easily understood, with, of course, a decidedly English accent ; and his mistakes, such as " tutoy ing" everyone who converses with him, gave it& nite amusement to the bystanders. With all his intelligence he was quite a child. When not ena gaged in business he amused him self like a child. On the whole the Bayonne Exhibition, though it may turn out profitable as a speculation, was highly creditable, particularly when we consider that it is its first attempt in this way. No doubt the ex pected presence of the Emperor and Empress en■ couraged exhibitors to send some of the best speei4 mens of their industry,and the disappointment was considerable. But, however hurtful to their inte rests, the absence of the Court seemed to make little difference so far as Biarritz was concerned. No doubt the score or two of persons attached directly or indirectly to the Court were missed this summer, but for the last six weeks and more Biar• ritz was as peopled with visitors pretty much as in previous years, The opening of the railroad between Bayonne and San Sebastian, and the completion of the line to Madrid, not to speak of the Exhibition, had raised extravagant hopes of an enormously crowded season, which were by no means realised. What is called the season is over, yet up to the present many still linger in and about Biarritz. And it is no wonder, for the sky is as blue, the sun as bright, and the temperature as warm as in July. The Port Vieux, the Cote des Barques, and the Cates des Foux, or, as it is now called, the Cote Napoleon, were still frequented by bathers. Those who do not swim, but prefer to lie on the pure white sand, and let the breakers tumble over them, those who prefer a plunge fromlthe rock and strike out to sea, may indulge in that most healthy pleasure at any spot and at all hours of the day. The water is the purest in the world, and at the lowest tide you have no mud to wade through. to get to it, but a fine sandy beach, Few persons now come to this part of the Pyre.. nees without paying a visit to Spain, were it only as far as Irun, Fontainbin, San Sebastian, or Loyola, the birthplace of the founder of the Jacuits, whose convent still stands in that lovely valley. The line runs from Bayonne through one of the most piz turesque countries imaginable—Bidart, Guetary, St, Jean de Luz, where it crosses the Neville; and Hen daya on the Bidassoa, from which you can almost look into Fontarabia, skirts the sea coast, and con- tinues its wayaloug valleys and slopes whose verdure not even the July or August sun can impair. The first view caught of the little to;vn of Passages is at an opening of the road ; it suddenly appears rising out of its little bay, locked in between the Jaizquilet and Ulia hills, and the old castle of San Sebastian in the distance is one of the most charming imta. ginable. On the other hand, the approach to Bay onne by the valleys of the Nive and Adonr, with the slopes covered with handsome villas peeping out from the luxuriant foliage, and remarkable among the fine mansions, the Caso Caradoc of Lord Howden, situated on the brow of the valley, with its terraces glittering in the sun, its fair gardens, and its sloping lawns. Near this place the Nive is crossed by.a bridge 83 metres long, and the Adonr by one of 268 metres. From Bayonne and San. 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